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Tag: BiowareUgh. The EA empire grows. Gamers cry. Well, let’s just hope that the studios have more of an impact on EA than EA has on the studios.
Electronic Arts Inc. said on Thursday it is buying two video game studios for more than $800 million in a deal that fills a weak spot in its games lineup by adding role-playing and action titles.
Under the deal, EA will acquire BioWare Corp and Pandemic Studios, privately held firms that have been partners since a 2005 deal brought them together under VG Holding Group with backing from private equity firm Elevation Partners…
BioWare is the maker of a series of critically acclaimed and best-selling role-playing games, including “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” and the “Baldur’s Gate” series.
Pandemic makes military-style action and shooting games such as “Mercenaries”, “Star Wars Battlefront” and “Full Spectrum Warrior.”
“The reason we did this deal is because it’s an incredible strategic fit with EA and there is an unbelievable collection of talent from BioWare and Pandemic,” Frank Gibeau, head of EA Games, said in an interview.
“It also puts us in categories that we’re not in right now,” Gibeau said